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I own the Discount Dance 48" stirup ones and love them to death.
I'm 5'5 and they go well up past my thigh but i just fold the top lip down and let it be a little droopy past the knee {got have room to move!}. They never lost there stretch, stay up, are super warm and comfy. -
My studio teaches everything barefoot although if you have the heels you're more then welcome to use them. My teacher is no stranger to them and does her freestyles in them beautifully. No one so far has been brave enough {besides my teacher}.
I'm a 105% barefoot girl. I tried heels twice and i felt like a awkward deer. Felt no way sexy and it hindered my natural style. So i just don't bother with them.
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As someone who gets motion sick in a vehicle very easy, the spin pole use to scare the hell out of me. It felt simply unnatural. BUT….giving it a go little by little each class i got use to it. Sure, i get dizzy if i do to much or if it throws me into a warp spin of doom. I have grown an amazing overall tolerance to it. I take breaks inbetween to "unwind" and do the best i can to make it go at a decent {not warped} speed. if my stomach flops at any point i give it a break for the day. Like all things in pole, baby steps.
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I use to be the same exact way!!!
If my teacher even looked at me in class i would freeze, break into a cold sweat and stumble till she left me alone. I would never ever EVER freestyle. I refuse to lift up or take off my tank top. This humors me cause i use to perform and dance on stage my entire adolescent years. So this new timid me was driving me insane. It was literally holding me back too.Anyway, overtime i kind of had to push myself to get over it, little by little. Baby steps basically and with a little confidence help from my teacher. Now 5 months in I'm one of the "cool kids" of the class. I don't care if anyone is looking and i just zone out. I performed parts of my upcoming performance in front of class mates 3 times recently. Something completely out of my comfort zone. First time was absolute horror. I shook like crazy, my stomach dropped and i froze. Second time i had a head cold but did my best. Got too winded and it screwed up my concentration. Third time i just hit a zone and nailed it. In front of people that use to be snide to me no less! It was like the final blow to that timid shell. I was shaking with adrenaline when i was done and it was the best feeling ever.
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So I would say just keep pushing yourself little by little out of your comfort zone. My anxiety still jumps to my throat when i know I'm going to be watched but i learned its ok. Push past as the lovely Alethea would say. You'll amaze yourself and that's all that matters. -
Come on baby, Alice needs an Alice costume……
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I guess you can say I'm on the other side of the that green grass.
I have the years of dance under my belt, which have instilled wonderful lines, pointed toes and a dancers creativity/flow in pole. But when it come down to it, I really dislike or at least have no interest in tricks. If i could just do spins, twirls and dance on the floor all day i would be thrilled. Tell me to do something as simple as an invert I'm almost instantly annoyed. My body hates tricks. I think they look amazing when other people do it. I envy the hell out of those who are bold and just nail trick after trick in my class. I do them and my graceful body just loses its damn mind. Where do i put what? When? Huh? Sure my toes are pointed, but in my mind I'm completely uncomfortable.Its rather funny cause my teacher is a trick junkie. We bust on each other all the time cause of our differences. Yet lately we've been picking up each others quirks. I've gotten more "open" to tricks and she's showing just a touch of dance in her routines. To bad we couldn't be one person. lol.
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If i could win the credits for this by January that would be freakin sweet…..
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I had the same problem 2 months ago!
I listen to every song i could think of but none fit. I did find 2 songs that were ok, but in the end i just didn't like them THAT much. They didn't inspire me enough. Then one day, listening to some random songs via Songify, a song came on that i never heard of and it HIT. It was THE one. It was like electricity shot through me. Just like that. Ever since then I've been doing the routine for it and the song never gets old. I could hear it a trillions times. It speaks to me. I can imagine its performance. It just all falls into place.
My teacher ironically had the same problem and all i did was suggest a few songs that i thought fit her style or could see her doing. She ended up loving one of the songs and is rockin the sh*t out of it in compatition this month.So really, just open your mind and let it find you. Ask friends for suggestions. Listen to random stations on Songify/Pandora/Songza/Grooveshark. When you find it, you'll know.
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https://www.studioveena.com/users/view/4f4284d9-65c8-445a-9126-32920ac37250, Its not a bad thing at all! Once a dancer always a dancer.
I use to wish i was that little sexy walking vixen like Alethea but then i realized that my dancer "mannerism" were what made me stand out. So instead of feeling awkward trying to be someone I'm not, i embraced my inner dancer. Now I'm the dubbed "dancer" of the class and my teacher actually told me she would love to learn what i know. So love it and make it your own.
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I am your typical trained dancer who walks on the balls of their foot or does the lyrical foot drag. I don't think my foot knows how to un-point.
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Yep, about a month ago.
They seem to come and go with what patterns are available.I can also say, pay attention to the fabric description.
Light is like soft T shirt fabric. Comfy and more bendable.
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I did and it shook my confidence for a little over a month.
I was being bold and thought i could rock the Butterfly like i did last class. My teacher was helping another girl across the room and was unaware of my bold idea. So i got up there perfectly……but as soon as i extended my arm to push away from the pole, down i went. Chin first to hardwood floor. I amazingly didn't make a loud thud so the teacher didn't even notice. I laid on my belly stunned and recollecting myself. By the time the teacher came back over i was already up and doing spins {hiding my pain}. Too embarrassed to say anything, I didn't do inverts the rest of the class. Then I avoided inverts the next class but the teacher caught on. I fessed up and we worked on getting my confidence back up for the past month. Now I'm back to inverting without panic. I'm a lot more cautious though.
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I have the pink one with skulls and my teacher has the black flame one.
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Anything spin/spin combo!
My "signature" is apparently called "Floater transition" on PDD:
http://poledancedictionary.com/moves/246/floater-transition/Although I always add a 3rd spin in there too cause i really get around.
I love experimenting spins! I rock the reverse grab spin like no one in my class. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_cool.gifI love doing backward and forward shoulder rolls a'la Alethea as well.
